GOP Accelerates Trump Judge Confirmations as Pressure Builds to Kill Senate Blue Slip

GOP accelerates Trump judge confirmations as pressure builds to kill Senate blue slip

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, defended the 110-year-old blue slip tradition as the Senate GOP confirmed judicial nominees at a quick pace.

GOP accelerates Trump judge confirmations as pressure builds to kill Senate blue

President Donald Trump called for eliminating the blue slip tradition, but Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warned that "nuking the blue slip would be a huge mistake."

GOP accelerates Trump judge confirmations as pressure builds to kill Senate blue slip – Democratic Accent

Senate Republicans confirmed half a dozen of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees last week, continuing a quick pace to green-light as many of his picks as possible. While the Senate GOP is moving fast to confirm Trump’s judicial nominees, the president and some of his allies want to see an over-century-old tradition in the Senate …